Petter S. Rosenlund

Petter S. Rosenlund (b. 1967) is a Norwegian screenwriter, playwright, children’s books author, and journalist. Rosenlund has worked as a screenwriter for film and television for the past fifteen years, creating unforgettable stories such as his most recent success, the critically acclaimed The Heavy Water War (2015), which with its 1,7 million viewers earned one of the absolute highest ratings in Norway for a TV series drama. Apart from his award-winning and suspenseful TV drama work, Petter S. Rosenlund is also an internationally acclaimed playwright whose plays have been produced in over twenty venues around the world.

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‘Hamilton’ TV series starts filming in 2018

08 Feb 2018

Petter S. Rosenlund (The Heavy Water War) is head-writer for the international spy thriller series Hamilton which is based on Swedish author Jan Guillou’s books.

It has now been announced that Norwegian Jakob Oftebro will star as Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton, who trained with the U.S. Navy Seals to become part of an illegal black ops cell within the Swedish military.

Swedish broadcaster TV4 and its streaming service CMore have commissioned the first two seasons of the show and it’s their biggest international project so far.

Hamilton will start filming in the second quarter of 2018 in Sweden and other European locations. The series will premiere exclusively on CMore next year, with a later linear airing on TV4 and ZDF in Germany.

Petter S. Rosenlund Head Writer for ‘Hamilton’ reboot

01 Dec 2016

The Swedish video-on-demand service CMore has comissioned two seasons of a new spy thriller series based on Jan Guillou’s best-selling books featuring Swedish spy Carl Hamilton. The TV-series, which will be produced by Swedish IP-rights company IRLC and Dramacorp (known for TV series such as Blue Eyes and Midnight Sun) has been scheduled to start its production at the end of 2017.

Petter S. Rosenlund, who previously created the critically acclaimed The Heavy Water War (2015), which with its 1,7 million viewers earned one of the absolute highest ratings in Norway for a TV series drama, has been confirmed as Head Writer for the series. Dramacorp said he plans to write contemporary “high-concept, character-driven drama with international traction”.

The Hamilton books have been adapted into a number of feature films and miniseries, with Hollywood actor Stellan Skarsgård playing the central character role in the first movie back in 1989.

New Screenwriter – Petter S. Rosenlund

19 Sep 2016

Petter S. Rosenlund (b. 1967) is a Norwegian screenwriter, playwright, children’s books author, and journalist. Rosenlund has worked as a screenwriter for film and television for the past fifteen years, creating unforgettable stories such as his most recent success, the critically acclaimed The Heavy Water War (2015), which with its 1,7 million viewers earned one of the absolute highest ratings in Norway for a TV series drama. Apart from his award-winning and suspenseful TV drama work, Petter S. Rosenlund is also an internationally acclaimed playwright whose plays have been produced in over twenty venues around the world.